Aldo Colombini - ALDO ON TROST(1-11)
NICK TROST WAS A MASTER IN CREATING AMAZING TRICKS AND ROUTINES BASED ON SUBTLETIES RATHER THAN DIFFICULT SLEIGHT OF HAND. HERE YOU HAVE THE FIRST OF A THREE-DVD SET BASED ON THE CARD MAGIC OF NICK TROST. A HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO A VERY CREATIVE MAGICIAN. All the tricks are performed with a regular deck of cards. Contents: ACE STOP: Here is a quick， easy method of locating the four Aces in a magical manner! AMBITIOUS DEUCE SANDWICH: A selected card is buried in the deck only to jump to the top and land between the two red Deuces. This happens THREE times! TEN-IN-A-ROW DOUBLE COINCIDENCE: This trick represents Trost at his best-and we think his best is hard to beat. The name says it all! ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: This routine with court cards packs a three-way punch and there is no sleight of hand involved! TRIUMPH ACE OPENER: The deck is cut and the two halves shuffled together， one face up and one face down. The deck is ribbon spread and all the cards are face down except the four Aces! THE TELEPHONE NUMBER TRICK: This is a very simple method for performing the revelation of a spectator’s telephone number with cards! THE OMEGA BET-UPDATED: A match or no match bet with cards with several climaxes; the last one occurs after a spectator shuffles the deck. Great routine! MULTIPLYING KINGS: Four Kings and a selection. The cards are counted three times: the first time there are five; the second time， six; and the third time， seven. Then there are eight face-up Kings. The cards are counted again and they are just the four Kings. The selection appears face up in the middle of the deck. Fun to watch and fun to do! ACE TO FIVE: You show the AS to 5S. The AS is placed second from the top of the packet and it rises to the top. You repeat with the 2S， 3S and 4S. The 5S changes to the 5H! MENTAL FINGERTIPS: You hand the deck to a spectator and turn your back. The spectator removes a few cards. A second spectator selects a card at random. The deck is dropped into your pocket. You remove two cards: The total corresponds to the number of cards removed by the first spectator. For the second climax， you remove from the pocket the mate of the other spectator’s selection!


NICK TROST WAS A MASTER IN CREATING AMAZING TRICKS AND ROUTINES BASED ON SUBTLETIES RATHER THAN DIFFICULT SLEIGHT OF HAND. HERE YOU HAVE THE SECOND OF A THREE-DVD SET BASED ON THE CARD MAGIC OF NICK TROST. A HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO A VERY CREATIVE MAGICIAN. All the tricks are performed with a regular deck of cards. Contents: A SIMPLE COINCIDENCE: A spectator selects a card. You spread the deck to reveal a face-up Ten in the center. The spectator’s card is the other red Ten! THE NINES FIRST: A card is selected. A second card is chosen and both turn out to be Nines.. A packet of cards contains exactly nine cards and the last card is a Nine and this card finds the other Nine! A PUZZLING ASSEMBLY: Using the court cards， the spectators separate the four Jacks， the Queens and the Kings! THE TWENTY-TWENTY PREDICTION: A series of amazing coincidences where the number 20 takes a very important place! THE LUCKY ROYAL FLUSH: The spectator cuts the deck into piles. He locates the four Aces. The piles are turned face up and you reveal the Royal Flush in Spades! THE TROST FOUR-ACE ROUTINE: A three-phase routine using the four Aces， where all the Aces， at the end， are turned face up in the middle of the face-down deck! PREDICTING RED， BLACK AND COURTS: You lay four predictions on the table. A spectator shuffles the deck. The predictions are correct revealing the number of red cards， black cards and court cards. You won’t believe it until you do it! THE AMBITIOUS JACKS: This is a three-phase routine where the Jacks reveal themselves as ambitious cards and always assemble to the top of the deck! VALUE/COLOR PREDICTION: You place two pairs of cards on the table. A spectator takes (freely) two cards. Your cards reveal the value and the color of the selections! THE SUB-TRUNK MYSTERY: You show a version of the famous Substitution Trunk Mystery using a deck of cards. The KS (magician) and the QH (assistant) change place in the deck of cards!
NICK TROST WAS A MASTER IN CREATING AMAZING TRICKS AND ROUTINES BASED ON SUBTLETIES RATHER THAN DIFFICULT SLEIGHT OF HAND. HERE YOU HAVE THE FINAL DVD OF A THREE-DVD SET BASED ON THE CARD MAGIC OF NICK TROST. A HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO A VERY CREATIVE MAGICIAN. All the tricks are performed with a regular deck of cards. Contents: A TRIPLE TRANSPORTATION: Cards are following ‘indicators’ with a stunning triple change/transposition! JAZZ 1-2-3-4 REVISITED: The A-2-3-4 of Spades and four other cards are shown. The A-2-3-4 are placed between the other cards and they vanish one after the other to assemble in one packet! DOUBLE WHAMMY PREDICTION: You remove two predictions. A spectator selects two cards and these are shown to be mates! THE MAGNETIC ACES: Two freely selected cards are used to find the four Aces! SORCERER’S SEVENS: Using only the low cards， a spectator selects four cards; surprisingly these turn out to be all Sevens. He then inserts two of the Sevens face up in the middle of the packet. The face-down cards above and below each seven are shown to total seven. No other adjacent cards total seven! FIFTEEN CARD MYSTERY: A card is chosen and three packets of 5 cards each are dealt. The selection moves from one packet to another， disappears and reappears face up in the middle of the packet! CARDS OF COINCIDENCE: A startling matching effect. Four selected cards match your predictions and then you reveal the four Aces! ANOTHER OIL AND QUEENS: Four Kings and four Queens are alternated. Two Kings and two Queens are placed on the table. The in-hand packet changes to four Queens， while the tabled packet changes to four Aces. Then the four Queens change to Kings! FOUR OF A KIND: A spectator selects a card (say a red King) and then another one: The other red King. One of the Kings is inserted into the deck and finds the two black Kings! COURT CARD CONCLAVE: The deck is shuffled and the face cards removed. They are shown in pairs and each pair is mixed in color and value. Magically， all are now matching pairs!
The great Card Magic of Nick Trost. Nick was a master in creating amazing tricks and routines based on subtleties rather than difficult sleight of hand. Due to the amazing success of the three DVD set we produced and the numerous requests， here’s another one， the fourth in the series. This is a humble tribute to a very creative magician. Most of these tricks are impromptu and they all use a regular deck of cards. CONTENTS: THE GATHERING OF THE COURT CARDS: A great nine-card assembly， with Jacks， Queens and Kings! THE SLIPPERY ACES: The Aces are sandwiched between the two red Jacks. They disappear and reappear between the black Jacks! TOPSY-TURVY ACES: The Aces are inserted in the middle of the deck which is shuffled with some cards face up and some face down. At the end， all the cards are face down except the Aces! DEAL AND DUCK POKER: Ten cards are used. The spectator picks five at random. You end up with a Royal Flush! CARDS AND DICE PREDICTION: Two dice and a deck of cards. A card is selected by throwing the dice and the same dice find it! ELIMINATION: A card is chosen and you show the entire deck card by card. The selection is gone! It will re-appear face up in the middle of the deck! THE FIFTH HOTEL MYSTERY: Queens and Kings are shuffled in pairs， but at the end the Queens are all together and so are the Kings! M-U-M MIRACLE: A spectator THINKS of any card. You reveal it， without any clue， with a method that will blow them away! ELEVATOR CARDS: The name says it all. The classic elevator theme， the Trost way! TROST ON AL KORAN’S “PREDICTION SUPREME”: You place three predictions on the table and three spectators pick a card each. The three selections match your predictions!
NICK TROST WAS A MASTER AT CREATING AMAZING TRICKS AND ROUTINES BASED ON SUBTLETIES RATHER THAN DIFFICULT SLEIGHT OF HAND. DUE TO THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE FOUR-DVD SET WE PRODUCED AND THE NUMEROUS REQUESTS， HERE’S ANOTHER ONE， THE FIFTH IN THE SERIES. A HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO A VERY CREATIVE MAGICIAN. Most of these tricks are impromptu and they all use a regular deck of cards. CONTENTS: SIGNIFICATOR CARDS: A freely selected card is lost in the deck and revealed by four cards picked by a spectator! THE RESTLESS COURT CARDS: The twelve court cards are used. You place them in three packets and then switch their positions. They follow each other in their respective piles! AN EQUALIZER REVEALMENT: Two cards are freely selected and replaced. The deck is shuffled face up and face down and at the end all the red cards are face up except the black selection and vice-versa the black cards are face up except the red selection! THE AUTOMATIC GAMBLER: Some cards are shuffled by you and the spectator. Three hands are dealt and your hand beats the other two! IT’S A DATE: A coin is borrowed and left in full view The deck is shuffled and cut by a spectator and four cards are selected. The four cards reveal the date of the coin! SPECTATORS’ DOUBLE MATCH: The deck is divided in half and two spectators each take a half-deck and pick two cards. They match. The same thing is repeated with the same result! THE ROYAL TREATMENT: The four Queens are paired up with the four Kings by a spectator， and they all match (Hearts with Hearts， Clubs with Clubs， etc.)! COINCIDENTAL CUT: A spectator cuts any amount of cards. Two cards are selected from the remaining of the deck and they indicate the cards cut by the first spectator! FOURTEEN-CARD FOLLOW THE LEADER: The classic theme， the easy way， THE Nick Trost way! DOUBLE CATO REVELATION: A sixteen-card packet is shuffled by a spectator after two cards have been chosen. At the end， the two cards appear in the opposite color pile!
The GREAT packet tricks of Nick Trost. All the tricks require special cards (not supplied but easily obtainable) or simply duplicates of some cards. Contents: UN-CARDS: A beautiful prediction effect using blank-faced cards (the Un-Cards). The selected card is shown to be the only red card of the packet. The prediction says， “YOU WILL SELECT THE RED CARD.” EXPANDING CARDS: A stunning， visual effect! A fan of five miniature cards (say A， 2， 3， 4 and 5 of Clubs) expands to large ones in a blink of an eye! So easy to do. For close-up， walk-around， etc. KOPY KAT: From two packets of cards you and a spectator take a card each. The cards match and all the other cards are seen to be the same. Everything can be examined! FLIM-FLAM: You place a card on the table and try to print three duplicates of that card from blank cards. The card is the 5D and you print three 10C….Mistake The three cards change into all 5D’s! A PACKET OF BACKS: Four cards turn out to be the same (all 10D)， then they are all double-backed cards， then blank-faced cards and finally， they reveal a selected card! TWISTO BLANKO: Four cards (say the four Queens) turn face down one at a time and then all the cards become blank on both sides! JUMBO TWO-WAY SPLIT: From cards cut in half two spectators picks the two halves and they are seen to match. Not only that， you predicted that card! What an amazing trick this is! QUADRAPLEX: You show two predictions. Then a spectator shuffles quarters of jumbo cards and at the end only four cards are face down in the packet. The first prediction is correct. The four cards are assembled and they make a whole card but with a mismatched corner. The other prediction is the same card with the same mismatched corner! ABRA-CARD-ABRA: A blue-backed packet and a red-backed packet are used. Two cards are selected and they match! All the other cards are the same. Similar to “Kopy Kat” but different method. CARD CLONING: You show a red card and two black cards. You produce three more red cards and then the two black cards change into red as well!


Magic with “Special Decks” by Nick Trost. All the tricks requires special decks (not supplied but easy to make up). CONTENTS: ROYAL TRIUMPH: Four cards are selected from a red-backed deck. You produce the four Kings and these have blue backs. At the end， these four cards are the selected ones! MATRIX MIRACLE: Five cards are selected. Spectators help to select any other five cards and these are seen to be the mates of the previously chosen ones! STRANGER IN PARADISE: One card is selected from a blue-backed deck. A red-backed deck is shown. The cards are counted and they are only 51. The selected card from the blue deck is turned over and it is seen to be the missing RED-BACKED card! DESTINY DECK: Using a deck of cards and two dice， you reveal a couple of very strong coincidences and a stunning climax! STRAIGHT POKER DEAL: A spectator shuffles the deck and you deal poker hands and， of course， you will win with the best hand! INCREDIBLE!: You show a deck half blue and half red. One card is selected from each half and these two cards match. All the other cards are seen to be all duplicates of an entirely different card! HALF WILD: Probably the most famous routine by the late Nick Trost. A deck is cut into two. Two half cards are selected: They match and they are seen to be the only normal cards because one half of the deck has no faces and the other half has no backs! OSCAR: A spectator thinks of a card in the deck and you name it “Oscar.” You show all different names on the backs of the cards and the selected card has the name Oscar on its back! DUO BRAINWAVE: You place a blue-backed card on the table. A card selected from a blue-backed deck turns out to have a red back. Your blue-backed card matches the selected one! TECHNICOLOR CHANGE: After a selected card has been revealed to be the only different colored card in the deck， you will produce a series of stunning color changes with the appearances of a Rainbow Deck!
All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards. CONTENTS: FOUR TIMES NINE: Using only the spot cards， a spectator selects four pairs and they are laid on four selected cards. These cards are seen to be the Nines. Each pair totals 9! DUCK OR DEAL BLACKJACK: A spectator shuffles eight cards and then separates them in four pairs. At all time the cards are in the spectator’s hands. He has formed four blackjack hands: Each pair consists of a Jack and an Ace! FOLLOWING SUIT: One card of each suit is placed on the table for ‘targets.’ A spectator freely selects cards from small groups and places the on the ‘targets’. When finished， it is shown that the suits all match the target cards! THE 20/20 PREDICTION: Using only 16 cards you produce a series of fantastic coincidences， where the number 20 is predominant! NUMEROLOGY IN COLOR: A spectator picks a card and it matches your prediction (say these are the two black Jacks). All the other cards are red! THE INSURANCE CARD I: You place an envelope marked “insurance” on the table. A spectator shuffles the deck and deals four cards to start a poker hand. The missing card to make a straight flush is the 8D. The card in the envelope is the 8D! FIVE IN A ROW: You place the AC through 5C on the table and magically the cards reverse their order! PSYCHIC COINCIDENCE: Two spectators each select three cards from the deck. Three cards appear face up in the deck. When the spectators turn the cards over， they match the reversed cards! AMBITIOUS ACE TO FIVE: You show five cards， the AC to 5C. Each card rises to the top of the packet and finally the 5C changes into the 5D! THE ROYAL PAIR PUZZLER: A spectator shuffles the deck and deals the cards turning two cards face up at the same time. In so doing， a ‘royal pair’ is made!
More great card magic from the late Nick Trost! All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards. CONTENTS: EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE: Four indifferent cards change into four duplicates of a selection and revert back to indifferent cards! TROST ON HAMMAN’S “MAGIC CARDS”: Three Jokers， when added to one of the three selections， change to the same value as the selection. Then the Jokers change to the same value of the second selection and then the third! SPECTATOR’S ROYAL FLUSH: A spectator locates a royal flush in a deck of cards! FOUR GRAND SLAMS: Two spectators each deal a half-deck into two piles. The piles are shuffled together a couple of times. The deck is divided into four packets. Each pile contains all Clubs， the other all Hearts and so on， four grand slams! THE MYSTIC THREES: A spectator cuts the deck three times and the top card is laid aside. Now he cuts the deck into three piles. He finds that the top card of each pile and the card laid aside earlier are the four threes! ULTIMATE “EVEN MONEY”-IMPROVED: A spectator separates the red and the black cards! THE REUNITED FAMILY: The face cards (Jacks， Queens and Kings) are shuffled by a spectator. At the end， each ‘family’ is found to be reunited! LUCKY AT POKER: You and a spectator after shuffling the deck， find a straight each (10 to Ace)! THE MARRIED HEARTS AND FOUR CUPIDS: A cute story of the ‘married hearts，’ the King and the Queen of hearts and four Cupids (Jacks)! CARDS CONCORDANT: You lay down three cards. A spectator pushes out three cards from the deck. The three pairs are seen to be matching!


All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards! CONTENTS: DOUBLE PINOCHLE WITH AN ELEVATOR FINISH: Four cards， two JD’s and two QS’s change into four Aces. Then the Aces travel up and down through the deck! FOUR-ACE VANISH AND RECOVERY: The four Aces are seen to vanish in a deck of cards and then they reappear face up in the middle of the deck! INTUITION: A spectator reverses a card in a deck and you reverse a card in another deck. When the decks are dealt the two cards appear at the same time， but not only that， they match! BOTTOMS， SECONDS AND CENTERS DEMONSTRATION: In this funny and pseudo gambling demonstration， three difficult sleights are (apparently) ‘exposed’ - the bottom deal， the second deal and the center deal! HORSE RACE: You play a horse race where three spectators pick a horse (Ace) leaving one to you and， of course， you win the race. Fun routine with great audience participation! AUTOMATIC POKER: A spectator selects five cards from five pairs. Yet， you win with a better hand! SIGNIFICATOR FIVE-SPOT: An effective opener with the revelation of the four Aces! LINEUP: The deck is shuffled with the cards face up and face down. Two packets are taken and you try to secretly arrange the cards in the same order. When the two packets are dealt in unison， the cards match! SEVEN CARD COUNT: A funny Six-Card Repeat effect entirely self-working and totally impromptu! BELIEVE IT OR NOT!: Half of the deck is left aside. The other half is shuffled with the cards face down and face up. This half is spread and all the cards are facing the same way. The other half is spread and is now a mixture of face-up and face-down cards!


More great magic of Nick Trost. All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards. CONTENTS: FOUR-WAY MATCH-UP: You lay four cards on the table. The spectator separates the deck into four packets and at the face of each packet he finds the matching cards of the previous four! THREE MATCHED PAIRS: A spectator picks three pairs while you deal cards and they are the only matching pairs of the packet! SUITS OF SYMPATHY: A stunning routine. You place the hearts cards in a glass. The Diamonds cards are shuffled by a spectator and they match the Hearts cards. Stunning! REPEAT ROYAL MARRIAGES: Cupid (the JH) is able to pair the Kings and the Queens of the same suit， TWICE! THE LUCK OF THE DRAW: A fantastic poker deal demonstration where， of course， you will always win! TRIUMPH WITH THE EQUALIZER SHUFFLE: One card is selected (say the 7H). The deck is shuffled face down and face up and at the end， all the cards are face down except the Hearts (suit of the selection)! OIL AND QUEENS POKER HAND: Red and black cards alternated. Five cards turn to be all red and the other cards change into a Royal Flush! ROLL-OVER ACES: A small packet is shuffled several times with the cards face up and face down. At the end， the four Aces are the only face up cards! FOUR JACKS DEAL AND ELEVATOR FINISH: The four Jacks are alternated with four other cards but they turn up in the same packet. This is repeated. At the end， the four Aces appear. The Aces are placed on the table and they travel from top to bottom or bottom to top through the deck! ROYAL BARRAGE: The spectator places the four Kings in a deck and they find the four Queens next to them!